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CARB releases 2022 draft Scoping Plan update

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan —the third update to the state’s initial 2008 Scoping Plan. 10% of aviation fuel demand is met by electricity (batteries) or hydrogen (fuel cells) in 2045. 100% of LDV sales are ZEV by 2035.

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Researchers Discover Potential Weaknesses in Structure of Lignocellulose; Insight Could Lead to Cost-Effective Strategies for Biomass Conversion

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Cellulose stability is maintained by networks of hydrogen bonds ( yellow dashes ) within the sheets. The ability to economically and easily break cellulose into sugars is desirable because the sugars can be used to create fuel alternatives. The microfibrils are encrusted in other polysaccharides and lignin. 2008.12.3953.

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SwRI wins $20M EPA contract for emissions and fuel consumption testing, analytical services

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A number of automakers have had to reduce their fuel economy ratings for certain models over the past several years; the new detailed guidelines for EPA are designed to prevent these sort of changes.

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What about the Pickens Plan?

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Hydrogen and fuel cells remain decades from meaningful deployment, even their supporters concede. Before greenhouse gasses became a global concern, before we came to terms with the inevitable limits of fossil fuels, natural gas would have been a logical fuel alternative to petroleum. But we find ourselves in 2008.

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